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190:-like creatures, they attack in hordes, searching for either human or animal prey. The Warden of Weld offers a reward to any young man who can find and defeat whoever is sending the Skimmers. Dirk is quick to volunteer; however after some time passes he is presumed dead. Sholto then volunteers and in his absence Rye and Lisbeth face financial struggles; they are soon forced to move to the Wardens Keep where shelter is provided to those in need in return for work. They are split up and Rye instead decides to volunteer in search of his brothers, he lies about his age and is given the choice between three magical doors: a golden door, a silver door, and a wooden door. Rye is drawn to the wooden door, but he chooses to go through the golden door as he believes that Dirk would have also chosen it. As Rye is about to leave he is
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Eldannen to show the land he left behind, and to show what effect Olt would have on its future. Rye later discovers that the Skimmers live within the wall that surrounds Weld, using his powers and explosives, he destroys the wall and the Skimmers are driven away. The people of Weld celebrate and plan to remove the wall in its entirety, Rye is hailed as a hero and is proclaimed the new Warden of Weld; however he instead chooses Sonia to be leader, and she reveals that she is the Warden's daughter, not Annocki.
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Skimmer attacks and they discover that they were not able to kill all of the Skimmers at the Harbour. They decide to journey through the wooden door to finally put a stop to the attacks.
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by a girl named Sonia to bring her with him through the door, or else she will inform the warden that he lied about his age. Rye reluctantly agrees and he leaves Weld with the girl. They arrive in the 'Fell-zone' where Rye is soon gifted a bag of nine magical objects by the Fellan, an ancient group
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Malverlain from Dorne, where over time he became the Shadow Lord. As time passed, Annoltis slowly became more wicked, eventually coming to be known as the tyrant Olt; revoted by what
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on a vehicle owned by a trader to shorten their journey to it. However, their plan goes awry when a group of rebels, also hiding in the vehicle, attack them and abandon Dirk, and Rye's bag of magical objects. The rebels take control of the vehicle and head towards a place called 'the
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of magical beings. The pair are later helped by a farmer called FitzFee, who takes them with him to the horse trading town of Fleet, there they meet Faene, who they learn is in a relationship with Dirk. However, Sonia and Faene are suddenly captured by soldiers of a
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are summoned to kill them. Rye uses his magical objects to rescue them and drives the serpents away. In anger, Olt tries to attack Rye; however, he is instead eaten by a serpent and the reunited companions are able to take back control of the land.
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